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During the shutdown, economists had to resort to a bevy of private reports to try to piece together what was going on.

The diffuse structure of nonlinear novels engaged readers in a new and unexpected way, inviting them to piece together scattered episodes in the manner of a jigsaw puzzle.

While the new work goes further into esoteric art music than anything the 33-year-old Rosalía has tried before, it remains approachable and human, resonating emotionally on a song-by-song basis even when the big picture is difficult to piece together.

Around the world, experts tried to piece together the fragments of information they did have in order to form a picture of what was happening.

Alternatively, the BLS could try to piece together the inflation trends for the month.